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England Red Roses face off against Black Ferns in WXV 1 Round 3 on Fri 3rd November 2023 at Mt Smart Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 06:00. In South Africa it’s at 08:00 SAST, 19:00 NZST in New Zealand, 17:00 AEST in Australia and 23:00 EST in the US.
England Red Roses won the last encounter but England Red Roses are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 2 places in the rankings with England Red Roses in position 1 and Black Ferns in position 3, underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for England Red Roses vs Black Ferns will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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The England supporters go wild as Holly Aitchison successfully kicks the conversion.
Zoe Aldcroft scores the try from close range.
The touch judges raise their flags as Holly Aitchison kicks the conversion.
Nothing was going to stop Morwenna Talling from scoring as they record the try for England.
Slick passing by New Zealand leads to a try for Katelyn Vaha'akolo.
Renee Holmes does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
Incisive passing by New Zealand is finished off by Kennedy Simon, as they goes over for the try.
England are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Sarah Bern picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Holly Aitchison converts the try.
Nobody could stop that maul! Lark Atkins-Davies places the ball down for the try.
Holly Aitchison has kicked a conversion.
England are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Alex Matthews touching down.